US3516116A - Device and a process for continuously forming a sheet of thermoplastic material - Google Patents

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US3516116A
US3516116A US618490A US3516116DA US3516116A US 3516116 A US3516116 A US 3516116A US 618490 A US618490 A US 618490A US 3516116D A US3516116D A US 3516116DA US 3516116 A US3516116 A US 3516116A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C53/00—Shaping by bending, folding, twisting, straightening or flattening; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C53/22—Corrugating
    • B29C53/24—Corrugating of plates or sheets
    • B29C53/28—Corrugating of plates or sheets transverse to direction of feed
    • B29C53/285—Corrugating of plates or sheets transverse to direction of feed using rolls or endless bands
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C43/00—Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding material; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C43/22—Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding material; Apparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length
    • B29C43/224—Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding material; Apparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length having a profiled section, e.g. tubes, rods
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C51/00—Shaping by thermoforming, i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after heating, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C51/08—Deep drawing or matched-mould forming, i.e. using mechanical means only
    • B29C51/082—Deep drawing or matched-mould forming, i.e. using mechanical means only by shaping between complementary mould parts
    • B29C51/085—Deep drawing or matched-mould forming, i.e. using mechanical means only by shaping between complementary mould parts with at least one of the shaping surfaces being made of resilien material, e.g. rubber
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C53/00—Shaping by bending, folding, twisting, straightening or flattening; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C53/22—Corrugating
    • B29C53/24—Corrugating of plates or sheets

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  • U.S. Cl. 18-4 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Device for continuously forming a sheet of thermoplastic material in which the sheet is fed, transported and ⁇ compressed between rigid forming elements mounted on an endless chain and an endless ribbon mounted on another endless chain, Both chains move at equal speed and in different senses, with the rigid forming elements and the ribbon extending with said sheet between them over a sufficient length for the sheet, which cools during its transport along the said length, to remain formed at the end of the latter.
  • the present invention relates to a device for continuously forming a sheet of thermoplastic material.
  • a plane sheet of thermoplastic material is fed by suitable feed means between first forming elements which, for example, are above and mounted on an upper endless chain, and second forming elements which, for example, are below and mounted on a lower endless chain, certain of the first elements, for example those of the lower strand of the upper chain, being parallel to certain of the second elements, for example those of the upper strand of the lower chain.
  • the sheet is compressed between the said first and second forming elements to which is applied a relative pressure exerted by appropriate means.
  • the sheet is transported by the said first and second elements by means in particular of rotating means for the said chains, at equal linear speeds.
  • the sheet which at the beginning of its passage between the said first and second elements is sufficiently heated throughout its mass to be able to be deformed and follow the contour of the said elements, cools progressively as it moves forward and at the end of its passage becomes sufficiently cold to retain its shape.
  • the usual devices have disadvantages particularly due to the fact that the first and second forming elements must correctly correspond to each other. It follows that it is necessary to be able to control the spacing and the lateral and longitudinal position of the first elements relative to the second elements, and to machine the said elements with precision. As a result, the known devices require costly plant and delicate control particularly when the dimensions of the sheet to be formed are great. Moreover, the production of the known devices is limited to simple surfaces or even to developable surfaces.
  • the object of the invention is a new device forming such a sheet of thermoplastic material, enabling the aforesaid disadvantages to be overcome.
  • the first forming elements are constituted by an endless ribbon which for example is above and mounted on the upper chain, this ribbon being for at least part of its thickness of a deformable and elastic material preferably in the form of a foam and allowing the sheet to assume correctly the contour defined by the second forming elements for example below.
  • the sheet is made to pass between rigid forming elements and an endless ribbon constituting the other formed elements and forming on at least part of this thickness a deformable and elastic material preferably in the form of a foam, while a suitable pressure is exerted on the ribbon whereby the sheet is continuously compressed.
  • This new device enables a fixed and uniform pressure of the sheet to be obtained at all points and also enables the said sheet correctly to assume the contour defined by the rigid forming elements.
  • the new device therefore has in effect only a single set of forming elements, that is, the rigid elements which are generally the lower ones.
  • the rigid elements which are generally the lower ones.
  • the latter is stratified by being composed of at least one layer which is of a particularly deformable and elastic cellular elastomeric material, such as silicone or polychloroprene rubber, and an outer skin which is adapted to be in contact with the thermoplastic sheet and which is of an elastic and non-cellular elastomeric material, more compact and more resistant than that of the first layer.
  • a particularly deformable and elastic cellular elastomeric material such as silicone or polychloroprene rubber
  • FIG. 1 is a frontal elevation of one embodiment of a forming device according tothe invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a transverse section of a ribbon adapted to be fitted to such a device and different from the one shown in the preceding figure.
  • the device shown is used to form a sheet 1 of thermoplastic material which comes out of an extrusion device 2.
  • the surfaces to be formed in the sheet 1 may be complicated and in particular non-developable.
  • the sheet 1 enters the device being thus heated throughout its mass.
  • the device arranged for example horizontally comprises essentially, on a support which is not shown, two superposed endless chains: an upper chain 3 and a lower chain 4.
  • the chains 3 and 4 are mounted respectively on chain wheels 5 and 6, of which at least one is driving.
  • the chains 3 and 4 turn simultaneously under the action of motor means at equal linear speeds but in opposite directions of rotation.
  • the strands of the chains 3 and 4 are horizontal and co-extensive over a portion of their length.
  • the lower strand 7 of the upper chain 3 extends parallel to the upper strand 8 of the lower chain 4.
  • the upper chain 3 is furnished with an endless ribbon 9.
  • This ribbon is formed on at least part of its thickness of a deformable and elastic material.
  • the ribbon is formed of a material in the form of a foam throughout its thickness while in its second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the ribbon is stratified and is composed of three layers 10 of a particularly deformable and elastic cellular elastomeric material such as silicone or polychloroprene rubber and of an outer skin 11 of an elastic and noncellu lar elastomeric material, more compact and more resistant than that of the layers 10, the skin 11 being adapted to come into contact with the sheet 1.
  • a particularly deformable and elastic cellular elastomeric material such as silicone or polychloroprene rubber
  • the lower chain 4 carries lower forming elements 12 forming a well-determined contour which may have slight countersunk effects.
  • the lower elements 12 are displaced parallel to the ribbon 9 and form with the latter a horizontally directed passage through which the sheet 1 is moved.
  • the height of the said passage is adjustable.
  • the device also comprises means for compressing the sheet 1 between the chains 3 and 4.
  • the said means known per se are not shown and allow the application of a suitable relative pressure between the ribbon 9 and the lower forming elements 12.
  • the sheet 1 of thermoplastic material is therefore fed by suitable feeding means between the ribbon 9 and the forming elements 12. It is moved by the said ribbon 9 and the said elements 12 along the said passage formed by them. During its movement in the said passage, the sheet 1 is compressed continuously so as to be formed and assume the contour defined by the elements 12.
  • the said sheet 1 which is suciently heated throughout its mass at the start of the said movement to be able to be easily formed under the downward pressure of the ribbon 9, cools progressively as it moves forward and becomes sufficiently cold to remain formed at the end of the said movement, the endless chains 3 and 4 being made sufficiently long for this purpose.
  • the procedure to form the extruded sheet by the device described above is as follows: bring the sheet 1, heated throughout its mass, between the ribbon 9 and the lower forming elements 12, move the endless chains 3 and 4 at equal speeds and in different directions of rotation in such a Way as to move the sheet 1 between the ribbon 9 and the elements 12, and compress the sheet 1 between the ribbon 9 and the elements 12 by exerting a suitable pressure preferably on the ribbon 9 so as to allow the sheet 1 to assume the contour defined by these elements 12.
  • thermoplastic material comprising: rigid forming elements, a rst endless chain supporting the rigid forming elements in a developed planar surface over a portion of the length thereof, an endless stratified ribbon composed of at least one layer which is of a particularly deformable and elastic cellular elastomeric material and of an outer skin which is adapted to be in contact with the thermoplastic sheet and which is of an elastic and non-cellular elastomeric material, more compact and, more resistant than that of the first layer,

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